showstore XLan 2048 channel DMX / Network recorder playback Users Manual Software version: 1.x

showstore XLan 2048 channel DMX / Network recorder playback Users Manual Software version: 1.x

Front Panel The frontpanel has a graphic LC-display, 3 keys and a jog-encoder with push function and 4 LEDs. Connections at the back The showstore XLan has many connectivity options. Viewed at the back from left to right: RS-232 (top SUB-D 9pin) Pin Description 1-2 TX 3 RX 4-5 Ground 6-9 - To connect the RS-232 port to a PC you ll need an 1 to 1 male/female subd-9pin cable. (NO null-modem / cross cable) Contact Closure Inputs (bottom SUB-D 9pin) Pin Description 1 Ground / Shield 2 Input 1 3 Input 2 4 Input 3 5 Input 4 6-9 Ground This inputs have an internal pull-up resistor. A simple switch can be connected between the input pin and a ground pin. MIDI Out / MIDI In Midi connection uses standard MIDI pinout. Network 10/100 MBit Ethernet (on Neutrik Ethercon) The network connection uses standard UTP network connection. USB 2.0 Full-speed The USB conncetion uses standard USB pinout. DMX output 1+2 Pin Description 1 Ground/Screen 2 Data - 3 Data + 4-5 - The DMX outputs have an internal terminator resistor and are RDM prepared. DMX Input 1+2 Pin Description 1 Ground/Screen 2 Data - 3 Data + 4-5 - The DMX inputs have an internal terminator resistor. Timecode SMPTE input (1/4 jack) Pin Description Slieve Ground/Screen Ring Data - Tip Data + The timecode input can receive SMPTE LTC at 24, 25, 29.97 and 30 frames per second. Function will be implemented in future software release.

Operation The showstore XLan can be controlled in several ways: - Manual control via front panel - RS-232 / MIDI - Network TCP / Telnet - DMX / Artnet - Contact Closures - Internal Real-Time Clock, with date support - ELC AC612XL wall panel Main Display A B (Setup) Encoder +/- Playback the selected show Record a new show Enter setup menu Select show for playback Record a new show When recording you ll first need to select a show number By default the first available empty show number is selected. To select a different show use the encoder, If a show number is already used, a confirmation to overwrite is asked. Press keys A and B together to confirm. A new show will be created on the disk and the unit comes in record ready Press A to start the recording. Recording will wait for the first change of DMX, press A to start the recording anyway. Press A during recording to hold (pause) the recording. In record ready you can press A to continue the recording or to end the recording. The show will now be stored to disk. Playback From the main menu select an available show and press A. The show is loaded and the playback comes in to hold (pause). Press A to start the playback in single mode. Press B to start the playback in loop mode. Press to exit playback. In single playback you can switch to Loop mode by pressing A, or to hold (pause) by pressing B. In loop mode press A to go to single mode playback, or B to go to hold.

Setup / Options The showstore XLan has a lot of setup options. All options are stored in the config.txt file (accessible via file exchange). Some options can be changed via the setup menu. In the main menu press (setup) key. Use the encoder to select an option and press A or the encoder to adjust it. Show Rename Use the encoder to change the selected character. Press the encoder to select the next character Press A to confim the name change Press B to set the name back to the default Show Delete Use the encoder to select a single show, or all shows to be deleted. Press A to delete DMX Input 1 /2 and next B to confirm, or A to cancel. Use the encoder to adjust the selected option. Press the encoder to select the next option Press A to confim Press B to set the default setting DMX input modes are: disabled the DMX input does nothing normal any valid DMX is send onto the network (and internal use) using the selected universe (ArtNet) backup the DMX input will not send data if the selected universe is present on the network. If the selected universe is not presend on the network for several seconds and the Input has valid DMX, then it will send DMX data. If another sender starts sending the same universe, the input will go back input backup mode. DMX Output 1 / 2 Use the encoder to adjust the selected option. Press the encoder to select the next option Press A to confim Press B to set the default setting DMX output modes are disabled the DMX output is disabled outzero the DMX sends out a DMX test signal with all channels at 0% single the output sends out the DMX values of the selected (primary) ArtNet universe. The DMX output is enabled the first time it detects the DMX universe on the network (or internal DMX inputs). If the universe on the network fails, the DMX output will go into DMX hold. dual HTP like single, but merge 2 DMX universes (primary and secondary) in highest take precedence. dual LTP like dual HTP, like dual HTP but in latest takes precedence (on a per channel basis)

DMX Control The showstore XLan can be controlled via DMX input triggers, triggers described further in the manual. In this setup menu you can select the DMX (ArtNet) universe that will be used for the control. This universe can come from the DMX input ports or network. Use the encoder to select the ArtNet universe Press A to confim Press B to disable the DMX input control Press C to cancel the operation MIDI / RS-232 The serial control for the showstore XLAn is via MIDI or RS-232. MIDI commands are used for the triggering system (described further I the manual), RS-232 is used by the ASCII command system (also described further in the manual). Use the encoder to adjust the selected value Press A to confirm Press B to disable serial control Press C to cancel the operations Serial modes are: off the serial control is disabled MIDI in/thru MIDI port is enabled and will send commands to the triggering system. The Channel options selects the MIDI channel to be used. The MIDI output acts like a MIDI thru (direct copy of the input port) MIDI in/out like MIDI in/thru, except the MIDI output port is reserved. RS-232 the RS-232 sub-d 9pin connector will be used by the ASCII control system. The speed option sets the baud rate. The RS-232 will use 1 startbit, 8 databits, no parity and 1 stopbit. Play Routing Select the up to 4 DMX universes for the show playback. Use the encoder to adjust the selected output universe Press the encoder to select the next output universe Press A to confirm If the first output universe is selected, pressing B will set the other 3 output universes to +1, +2,+3. If output universe 2 3 4 is selected, pressing B will disable this output universe from the playback. Rec Routing Select the up to 4 DMX universes used during show recording. Operation is like Play Routing (above). Multishow Up to 4 shows can be in playback at the same time. To enable multishow, select the desired merging option. Use the encoder to change the multishow mode. Press A to confirm. Press B to switch off multishow.. Multishow modes are: Off Normal operation HTP the shows running are merged in highest take precedence LTP the shows running are merged in latest takes precedence. The last show activated has the highest priority. Is a channel is changed (not zero). The it is used in this showfile. Priority the shows are merged like LTP, but the priority is fixed. 4 has the highest priority and 1 the lowest

The main display will change, indicating the status of the 4 playbacks. Each of the four parts on the display shows: The playback number 1 4 Playback status (hold / single / loop) Show number Showname Show timer In multishow it is not possible to control it via the front panel. So control is done via triggers or ascii commands (explained further on in the manual). Network Opt In network options you set the IP address options for the network interface. Use the encoder to adjust the selected value Press the encoder to select the next value Press A to confirm Press B to set the address and netmask to the default value for ArtNet Device Lock The operations of the unit can be locked in 3 levels. Use the encoder to change the lock setting Press A to confirm Press B to unlock the unit Device locking levels are: Unlocked all operations are possible Write Protect the recording and deleting of showfiles is disabled Device Lock all front panel operations are locked Clock & Date To be able to enter the setup menu from main or multishow menu press and hold the encoder and next press the (setup) key. Set the realtime clock and date to the correct values Press the encoder to select the next value Press A to confirm Factory Def Press A and B to set the configuration to the default factory settings.. File exchange Via USB Connect the showstore s USB connection to your PC. The showstore will come up as an external drive. You can now copy file to and from the showstore. If you have copied new files to the showstore, then you ll need to restart (power cycle) the unit.

Automation / Remote Control Advanced Trigger The programming of the triggers is done in a text-file stored on the internal disk, named trigger.txt. This file can be edited via any text editor like notepad on windows. If this file does not exist on the disk, you can easily create it. Trigger entries are made up in 3 parts, trigger / condition / action. Trigger trigger = type [,option] Trigger types can be: type option poweron - trigger = poweron (trigger on device start up) close Input selection trigger = close, 1 (trigger on input 1 close) open Input selection trigger = open, 2 (trigger on input 2 open) clock Time either every hour or once a day trigger = clock, 10:00 (10min past the hour) trigger = clock, 12h00:00 (12 o clock) midi_note_on MIDI input note on event trigger = midi_note_on, 10 midi_note_off MIDI input note off event trigger = midi_note_off, 127 midi_control MIDI control input trigger = midi_control, 1 midi_program MIDI program change trigger = midi_program, 4 dmx_on DMX input channel on (value > 55%) trigger = dmx_on, 1 (DMX control universe is selected in the config.txt) dmx_off DMX input channel off (value < 45%) trigger = dmx_off, 1 ac612xl AC612XL (in showstore mode) key press, AC612XL is connected to DMX input1 or 2. Keys 1-12, out, down, up, store trigger = ac612xl, 3 trigger = ac612xl, store Conditions condition = type [,option] Triggers can be used in combination with conditions. For example a power_on trigger can be defined twice in the trigger-file, but each with a different condition. Conditions are type closed open weekday hour date option Input Selection condition = closed, 1 (trigger is only valid if input 1 is closed) Input Selection condition = open, 1 (trigger is only valid if input 1 is open) Selection of weekdays (su/mo/tu/we/th/fr/sa) condition = weekday, su, mo, fr (valid on sunday, Monday and Friday) Selections of hours. This can be 1 hour or a period of hours condition = hour, 15 (valid between 15h00 and 15h59) contdtion = hour 12, 16 (valid between 12h00 and 16h59) Selection of day and month. This can be an exact day/month or a period. (months jan / feb / mar / apr / may / jun / jul / aug / sep / oct / nev / dec). condition = date, 1 may (only valid on the first of may) condition = date, 10 (only valid on the tenth of every month condition = date, apr (only valid in april) condition = date, 3 jan, 2 may (valid between the third of January and the second of may)

dmx_on dmx_off DMX input check ON trigger = dmx_on, 1 (valid if DMX input channel 1 > 55 %) DMX intpu check OFF trigger = dmx_off, 512 (valid if DMX input channel 512 < 45%) Actions action = [playback,] action [, value] Actions are commands to the playback. If multishow is enabled it is possible to send actions to different playbacks (numbered form 1 4). If no playback is selected, the command is always send to playback 1. Examples: action = start, 1 start show 1 on playback 1 action = 2, loop, 3 start show 3 on playback 2 in loop action load start loop stop hold restart continue value Open show, do not start action = load, 1 (open show 1) action = 1, load, 3 (open show 3 on playback 1) Start show in single playback action = start, 5 (start single playback of show 5) action = 2, start, 1 (start single playback of show 1 on playback 2) Start show in loop playback action = loop, 4 (start show 4 in loop) action = 4, loop, 10 (start show 10 in loop on playback 4) Stop playback action = stop (stop playback) action = 2, stop (stop playback 2, remove DMX output from this playback) Hold /Pause playback action = hold action = 3, hold Restart / Jump to start action = restart (jump to the beginning of the show and start single playback action = 2, restart (same but on playback 2) Continue after a hold action = continue action = 2, continue Trigger Examples Simple Example Start show 1 after input 1 closed trigger = close, 1 action = start, 1 Complex Example Loop show 2 on playback 4 every Monday/Tuesday and Thrusday at 30 minutes past the hour during working hours (08h-17h) between the 12 th of may and 24 th of September, and only if input 3 is closed and DMX channel 4 is On. trigger = clock, 30:00 condition = weekday, mo, tu,th condition = hour, 8, 16 (16:30 should be the last trigger) condition = date, 12 may, 24 sep condition = closed, 3 condition = dmx_on, 4 action = 4, loop, 2 Ascii Command system Ascii command are readable text commands to the showstore. They can be sent via for example hyperterminal / automation systems or user custom software. Command syntax is: ( [..] is optional ) [playback select 1 4 ] <2 character command>[2 digit value]<carriage return>

Command 2 character command 2 digit value Start ST Show number 01 99 Loop LP Show number 01 99 Load LD Show number 01 99 Stop SP - Hold HD - Continue CT - Restart RS - The playback select is used for multishow only. If no playback is selected, then playback 1 is used. If a valid command is received, the showstore XLan will send back OK: <send command><carriage return>. If the received command is unusable, then the unit will send back FAIL: <send command><carriage return>. Ascii Examples ST01<cr> start show 1 3LP04<cr> start show 4 in loop mode on playback 3 (multishow only) Ascii Control options RS-232 Use the setup menu (MIDI / RS-232) to select RS-232 mode and the desired speed. ASCII commands can be send via the RS-232 port. Telnet / TCP Open a TCP connection, or telnet session to the unit using the units ip address and TCP port 23. ASCII commands can now be send via TCP/telnet. Custom Webserver The webserver in the showstore uses files stored on the internal SD-card. A folder called /web is used as the root of the webserver. This folder needs to be made to hold all the web pages and imaged. To insert commands in th webserver, you ll need add ascii-commands to hyperlinks, like index.htm?lp01 The ascii commands are described in the manual of the showstore. It is also possible to send commands to different internal playbacks (multishow mode) by adding the selected playback to the command. index.htm?2lp02 A very important note: The filesystem inside the showstore does NOT handle long filenames (due to patent issues from Microsoft). So all filenames used by the webserver should be in (old dos) 8.3 format. General Information CE Product The showstore XLan permits to the CE requirements set up by the European Community. This can be recognized by this label on the outside of the product. Technical Specifications: Power: 85-264 VAC 47-440 Hz 10VA max Dimensions 19 1HE rack unit 483 x 44 x 150 mm Weight 2kg This product may only be used for controlling dimmers and moving lights. Using the product out of these specifications will remove all responsibility from the supplier

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